Hospital in gaza city. This hospital is vital to the northern part of gaza. The explosion in gaza was caused by an Islamic Jihad rocket that was misfired. These images are having a huge impact across the region. These protests are only going to get larger. All of that made the president s planned summit in amman, jordan, effectively untenable. President biden is meeting with netanyahu at length. It appears as though it were done by the other team, not you. Good morning, everyone. Very significant day on the world stage. Im poply harlow with phil mattingly. Clarissa ward and Kaitlan Collins on the ground in israel and President Biden is at a volatile moment in the war between hamas and israel after an explosion at a hospital killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Officials there claim it was an israeli air strike but israel insists it was a misfired rocket that was launched by Palestinian Militants, Islamic Jihad near the hospital. President biden appeared to take israels side. Listen. Im deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at the hospital in gaza yesterday. And based on what ive seen it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But theres a lot of people out there not sure, so we got to overcome a lot of things. Shortly before Air Force One landed, the military laid out photos that blames it on the Islamic Jihad group. A wave of antiisrael protests erupted in cities across the middle east in lebanon, hundreds of protesters tried to break through Security Barriers near the u. S. Embassy. Police fired tear gas and Water Cannons to drive them away. Team coverage of correspondents on the ground in israel and across the region and start with erin burnett live in tel aviv. What is President Biden walking into today . Reporter incredibly volatile and those images you just showed from across the middle east say it all. That is the situation here and that the heightened tensions youve got in beirut calls for a day of unprecedented rage ahead because of what happened at that Gaza Hospital and because of the anticipation of israel launching a broader assault on gaza. Incredibly tense moment and as you know part of the reality and problem is President Biden was walking in thinking he was going to be able to show he was meeting with the israelis as well as with arab leaders including the leader of the palestinians. That meeting, of course, was canceled because of the hospital attack, so while he says hell be speaking to them on the airplane that is a huge blow to what his efforts are here and it is you really cant underestimate the significance of the fact that those people and images you saw it was after dark when that hospital was struck. It was hours later. 11 00, 12 00 a. M. , 1 00 a. M. , 2 00 a. M. When we saw those protesters come out all through the night. It wasnt as if they woke up and decided to do it. They got up and went out in that moment and should give you a sense of the passion here. Overnight israel not only spoke at a Press Conference but also provided images that they say is proof they did not that was not a strike from israel. Can you walk through what they are putting out there . Reporter yes, and ill show you guys, first of all, they are putting out documentation they say proves that they did not do this. They are saying, for example, basic things that when you have an israeli strike, it is followed by craters, right, theyre saying craters. These werent here. The rocket actually came from a group called the Islamic Jihadist group from a cemetery right next to the hospital. It launched there and failed. This he say because it was so close, the large blast is actually evidence not of its power but of its short trajectory and can still see the rocket has a lot of propellant fuel so obviously didnt travel far. This is the arlingtonment theyre laying out and literally are putting out pictures they took from a drone and also are putting out audio of what the idf claims are terrorists talking about the misfire. I should say cnn cant independently verify what caused the explosion or the authenticity of that exchange but i will say they put this out, they even put out a map here showing how many misfires they say have happened since the beginning of this war. Now 12 days ago. 450 failed launches by jihadist groups in the grassley strip. Theyre putting all of this out. The question is when you look at those pictures of people on the street does it matter to those individual, no, because they believe it was israel in the eyes of the International Community. Maybe this does make a difference but in the eyes of the streets, no. I want to go to Cnn International correspondent Clarissa Ward in ashkelon. The Hospital Blast to that point is a huge inflection in this already tense war. President biden now on the ground. What is your biggest takeaway at this hour . I mean, theres no question this feels like a water shed moment in this conflict. Weve been talking to doctors on the ground. Some of whom were at that hospital. They say that on october 14th, there were two israeli hits very close to the hospital. They also said that they received a phone call the day afterwards from the idf telling them that they should evacuate from that hospital. Theyre using that to bolster their argument and their conviction that this was, indeed, an israeli strike. They point to the fact that they do not believe that a Rocket Attack would cause that kind of damage, would cause that kind of death toll. They also have been describing just gruesome scenes, erin, some of which we have seen borne out this videos of the horror of the aftermath of this explosion. Body parts strewn across the entire area. They said that basically people had been taking shelter in the Al Ahli Baptist hospital sleeping in tents in the garden of the hospital. This is a common thing during times of heavy bombardment in gaza. They flock to hotels and hospitals and believe those areas are largely safe and set up camp there and wait for the situation to improve. Obviously in this case were seeing now hundreds dead. It is still unclear what the exact number is, the efforts to try to sift through the wreckage and identify how many people have been killed continues, but at this stage as you say the focus now is very much on the reaction, on the fact that for many arab states this is now becoming a National Security issue in their own countries, because people are horrified. People are angry. People want revenge and they are taking to the streets and we have seen protests erupting all throughout the region. So, this becomes a real challenge, as well, even for allies of the u. S. , i think thats partly why you have seen arab leaders cancel this meeting with President Biden because it just becomes too difficult for them to be seen as tacitly endorsing anything coming from the u. S. Or israel in this very, very contentious moment. One other thing to mention, the u. N. Secretarygeneral has come out and said, listen, there needs to be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. So far no indication that that might be in the works. We have been hearing heavy strikes continuing throughout the morning, erin. All right, clarissa, thank you very much. As you point out, that King Abdullah of jordan, someone close to President Biden, longtime relationship, a friendship and the fact that he is still because of what is happening at home and in this region unable to have that meeting, these are significant things. Kaitlan collins is here with President Biden who will be speaking soon. We heard biden appearing to agree with israel, right, and that they were not responsible for the deadly Hospital Explosion is significant. It seemed he went further than his National Security officials so how significant is this, what he exactly said . Well, he went further than what he said before departing the United States to head here to tel aviv and just arrived here. Had not been on the ground for very long, erin and greeted the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and made his way at this hotel where he is having his slate of meetings that he is having while on the ground here in israel and it was one of the first comments he made and it was incredibly significant, because the president took the time as he was seated oneonone there with netanyahu with their National Security officials by their sides to say that based on what he has seen he said it was the other team, he specifically said not you, referring to the israeli Prime Minister. Of course, that is greatly significant because he is endorsing israels denials, that they are responsible for the explosion that happened at that hospital in gaza. Now, israel has denied it. You have seen Palestinian Authority plame the Israeli Defense forces saying they are to blame and israel strongly denied that so it is significant to see the president coming out and saying that but what ill note he said the other team, which, of course, raised a lot of questions of what specifically he was referring to. We asked him those questions. I was in the room as he was having this meeting with the Prime Minister. He did not clarify, of course, that and the other big question is, what it is that he has seen that has led him to endorse these denials by israel that it was them who is responsible for that explosion at that hospital in gaza. He had only just been on the ground here for a very short period of time and had not had any meetings behind closed door with Israeli Government officials but had been on Air Force One traveling with his own National Security team, his National Security adviser Jake Sullivan in the room so that is still a key question here. Of course, that is going to be something that is hanging over this entire trip as the president is moving forward, a trip i should note is looking a lot different than what the white house thought it was going to even just 24 hours ago. I mean hell be here. Hes about to have a meeting shortly with the newly formed wartime cabinet and meeting with the families of victims, the families of hostages, First Responders who were there on that horrific day here in israel as that attack unfolded. Of course, he is not going to be on to jordan to have meetings with those other world officials. That is incredible significant and certainly a setback to what the president was hoping to do, but key questions still remain of what the deliverables of this trip will look like. Is it humanitarian aid . Is there a certain as they were trying to ward off this turning into a bigger regional conflict, those are the key questions that remain this morning. All right, Kaitlan Collins, thank you very much. With all of those details and so many questions about what this meeting may or may have. Phil and poppy, it is not what they expected, not what they wanted but it is what they have. It is a very different moment to kaitlans point. A lot of significant and consequential issues for the president to address behind the scenes with the Prime Minister and his war cabinet but those are live pictures in tunisia. A real escalation of protests across the region, all as the president is on the ground in israel. Well continue with our team coverage. Up next well dig deeper into what the idf claims caused the Gaza Hospital and who theyre blaming it on. Live pictures of smoke rising over gaza. Smoke rising over gaza is now every single day. It puts the Hospital Strike in context, such horror happening, perhaps unavoidable in a situation where there is such bombardment coming in and efforts of bombardment coming out all day every single day. The thuds felt all around, even here and just hours ago a spokesperson for the Israeli Military held a News Conference so they are putting out, putting out their cards on the take, blaming the Gaza Hospital Explosion on the palestinian Islamic Jihad. It is different than hamas. It is, though, however, the second Largest Armed group in gaza. The explosion of the Al Ahli Hospital was caused by a rocket that was misfired. Hamas checked the reports and understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired and decided to launch a Global Media Campaign to hide what really happened. All right. A News Conference all of this information, you were there in that room. They feel the need to make their case, and point by point, what did you hear . Yeah, they certainly do feel the need to make their case. I think they would do it regardless whether or not President Biden was arriving here but certainly there was a greater sense of urgency because the president of the United States was arriving after this horrific bombing of this hospital in which hundreds of civilians are believed to have died and making their case in a number of way, providing a lot of intelligence that they say that they have gathered, both conversations with hamas militants and also pointing to some of the facts on the ground, one of the key pieces of information they said that bolsters their claim this idea that there was no crater on the ground. But amid all of this, we have already watched as the arab world in particular has already made up their minds about the situation and that is something that israel is certainly fighting against and fighting against it because they have had a Credibility Problem in the past including with the killing of the journalist last year when the Israeli Government initially claimed it was Palestinian Militants and not Israeli Soldiers who fired on her. I asked the idf spokesman that question. Among other incidents the Israeli Government initially claimed it was armed Palestinian Militants who killed the journalist which we know is not true so why should the world trust you now . Because of the porches of credibility, we took the time, took us more than five hours, we wanted to doublecheck everything, make sure were credible. Again, we wanted to doublecheck everything and make sure were credible opposed to the other events that you mentioned. So he says were taking the time to be credible this time, right . Acknowledging almost that they have had a Credibility Problem in the past acknowledging there are times where they have not been credible, right . Absolutely, absolutely. Although and i understand time is of the essence. Five to six hours theyre saying is a lot of time but im not exactly sure its not a lot of time. With the journalists killed in Southern Lebanon we dont have an official idea of response amid allegations because of idf shelling on them so they pick and choose their moments. When they want to put out information and make their case. Jeremy has all this too. What they show is what we know already but they have complete surveillance of this area. Drone surveillance constantly, right . They actually put out a Trajectory Analysis of every rocket coming in and out at that time. You say how could they know that . They do know that because thats how they activate their iron dome on such specific small locations, right, because they do know Rocket Trajectories and angles and do know that analysis so i think it is significant just to say they are putting this level of granular detail out to support their claim, poppy and phil. Thank you so much. And to the point she made lets bring in Lieutenant GeneralMark Hertling and kim dozier. Talk about what they laid out and can it be definitive proof. It only goes so far and erin is learning new things out here. Every commander has this chart and this is how the iron dome works. The radar initially gets where the Point Of Origin of a rocket occurs and use that, first of all, to conduct strikes on that area. You want to kill the enemy but it also shows you the trajectory of the round because thats how the iron dome works. You pick up this trajectory somewhere along its route to knock down the rocket. In this